Background:

The recording included questions regarding how Muslims should treat Jews and Christians. Dr. ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī Bayūmī,  member of the Islamic Research Academy in Egypt and a professor at Al Azhar University responded to the questions.

Side B:

Dr. ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī Bāyūmī talked about the idea of killing Jews or Christians. According to him, Islam did not permit the killing of Jews or Christians because they were considered to be “People of the book.” However, any occupier such as the Israeli Zionists in Palestine should be condemned for killing innocent civilians, Bāyūmī says. Moreover, anyone who cooperates with those Zionists should be condemned as well but there must be strong evidence they had indeed cooperated. He was then asked if Muslims should not work or cooperate with Jews and Christians. He said that the Qurʾān stresses on the importance of dealing with Muslims to treat Jews and Christians well unless Muslims are persecuted by them. This was explained in Sūra “Al Tawba.”

The Qurʾān stresses on treating everyone with kindness and respect unless they harm you. When one harms you, you should treat them the same way. This was explained in Sūra al-Bāqarā and al-Mūmtaḥna.